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Translation as a Journey: Jessica Sequeira on Vlady Kociancich’s <em>The Eighth Wonder</em>

Translation as a Journey: Jessica Sequeira on Vlady Kociancich’s The Eighth Wonder

“Translation is a mutation of language, but not direct replication; something happens in the process that shifts the direction of the ideas.”

By Jessica Sequeira | August 26, 2026

Plato’s <em>Symposium</em> Is Actually About Love

Plato’s Symposium Is Actually About Love

Cat Fitzpatrick Finds Inspiration in Philosophy’s Most Famous Dinner Party

By Cat Fitzpatrick | July 6, 2026

“The Shorthand of Emotion”

“The Shorthand of Emotion”

Alex DiFrancesco

By Lit Hub Excerpts | June 4, 2026

Lewis Black on the Life-Changing Power of Kurt Vonnegut

Lewis Black on the Life-Changing Power of Kurt Vonnegut

“He was telling what I believe was truth while delivering ideas and arguments in the most gentle way imaginable.”

By Lewis Black | November 11, 2025

Life and Death in the Impoverished Neighborhood of Alabama Village

Life and Death in the Impoverished Neighborhood of Alabama Village

“A commemoration to the dead, a warning to the living.”

By J. Malcolm Garcia | October 29, 2025

Writer and activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah has been pardoned and freed from prison.

Writer and activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah has been pardoned and freed from prison.

By James Folta | September 24, 2025

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How Writing in Community Can Forge Friendships and Evoke Change

By Beverly Gologorsky | September 5, 2025

The Angle of Falling Light

By Lit Hub Excerpts | August 11, 2025

Murray Kempton, Around Forever: Resurrecting a Forgotten American Journalist

By Andrew Holter | April 29, 2025

Listening to Palestinian Silences: On Fady Joudah’s <em>[. . .]</em>

Listening to Palestinian Silences: On Fady Joudah’s [. . .]

Eman Quotah Considers the Inability of Language to Convey the Horror of Genocide and Attempted Erasure

By Eman Quotah | January 22, 2025

“Make it New... Again.” Why We Need Alexander Pope’s Wild, Weird Poetry Today

“Make it New... Again.” Why We Need Alexander Pope’s Wild, Weird Poetry Today

Ryan Ruby on the Need to Shake Up Our Modern Era of Clean Professionalization

By Ryan Ruby | November 22, 2024

Gary Indiana, iconoclast and author, has died.

Gary Indiana, iconoclast and author, has died.

By Brittany Allen | October 24, 2024

An Expat’s Homebase: How the Iconic Village Voice Bookshop in Paris Launched Lit Mags

An Expat’s Homebase: How the Iconic Village Voice Bookshop in Paris Launched Lit Mags

Odile Hellier Reflects on the Work of John Strand, Kathy Acker, Ricardo Mosner, and More

By Odile Hellier | September 26, 2024

Finding What Works: Alex DiFrancesco on Transness and Spirituality

Finding What Works: Alex DiFrancesco on Transness and Spirituality

“I wanted something that I could claim as my own, something steeped in who I was as a person.”

By Alex DiFrancesco | June 18, 2024

Verso and other publishers are offering free ebooks in solidarity with pro-Palestine campus protests.

Verso and other publishers are offering free ebooks in solidarity with pro-Palestine campus protests.

By James Folta | April 26, 2024

Fury

Fury

Clyo Mendoza (trans. Christina Macsweeney)

By Lit Hub Excerpts | April 2, 2024

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